IN a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that litigants claiming insanity as defense need not document their history of mental illness. The Supreme Court's Third Division, in a decision penned ...

He took an insanity plea and, after being diagnosed ... In 1968, though, Gein was declared able to participate in his own defense and convicted of Worden’s murder. He died in a mental hospital ...

For WNBA veteran Natasha Cloud, speaking up about social justice is just as important as winning basketball games. Cloud has had a successful nine-year pro career that includes a WNBA ...

Then, Pakett says the defendant’s attorneys may file a ‘Notice of Intent’ to rely on the insanity defense. “It’s a defense to basically say, ‘OK, I’m competent to proceed. But mentally, I was not all ...

A verdict was reached this week in the murder trial of a Big Coppitt Key woman accused of killing her boyfriend in 2023. Brittany Nicole Holbrook, 35, was found guilty on Monday, Feb. 24, of ...

MIDLOTHIAN — Insanity. That’s the only word to sum ... “On the weekend we work on ourselves and our defense,” Felix said. “The next day we really focus on our matchups and figuring ...

The insanity defense has been a key aspect of our criminal justice system since 1843, rooted in the principle that individuals suffering from severe mental illness at the time of the offense should ...

while the defense argued for verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Joseph Alan Sarmiento, 40, is charged with murdering 38-year-old Massachusetts resident Helena Johnson in room 201 of the ...

be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." Attorney Jose Abrigo of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, criticised the ambiguity of Trump's executive orders ...

JACKSON – Attorneys for death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford want the state’s highest court to hear oral arguments in the latest appeal of his 30-year-old capital murder conviction and death ...